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Individual certificates of exchange are not given. The foregoing order covers all cases.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 192.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 20, 1862. Commandants of Corps, Divisions, and Brigades, are hereby required to have a special inspection of the Cavalry of their respective commands, within ten days from the date of this order, and report to this Department the names of all officers whose cavalry horses appear to have been neglected, or be unfit for duty, to the end that such officers may be promptly dismissed from the service. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

General Orders,

No. 193.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 22, 1862.

I. All persons now in military custody who have been arrested for discouraging volunteer enlistments, opposing the draft, or for otherwise giving aid and comfort to the enemy in States where the draft has been made or the quota of volunteers and militia has been furnished, shall be discharged from further military restraint.

III.-Persons who, by authority of the military commander or Governor in rebel States, have been arrested and sent from such State for disloyalty or hostility to the government of the United States, and are now in military custody, may also be discharged upon giving their parole to do no act of hostility against the government of the United States, nor render aid to its enemies. But all such persons shall remain subject to military surveillance and liable to arrest on breach of their parole. And if any such persons shall prefer to leave the loyal States on condition of their not returning again during the war, or until special leave for that purpose be obtained from the President, then such person shall, at his option, be released and depart from the United States, or be conveyed beyond the military lines of the United States forces.

III. This order shall not operate to discharge any person who has been in arms against the government, or by force and arms has resisted or attempted to resist the draft, nor relieve any person from liability to trial and punishment by civil tribunals, or by court martial or military commission, who may be amenable to such tribunals for offences committed.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,}

No.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 24, 1862. The Paymaster General is authorized to change the stations of Paymasters within the limits of the pay districts which have been or may be arranged by him whenever he may deem it necessary for the interests of the service. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 195.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 24, 1862.

The officers enumerated in the subjoined list haying been officially reported, and their dismissal recommended by their respective commanders, for the causes stated, it is ordered that they be, and they are hereby, dismissed from the service of the United States, to take effect November 22, 1862.

Absent without leave-Dismissed, with loss of all pay and allowances that are now or may become due.

Eugene Fauntleroy, 2d Lieutenant, 20th Illinois Volunteers.
John J. Thomson, Captain, 22d Massachusetts Volunteers.
Michael Rossel, Captain, 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Isaac Maurer, 2d Lieutenant, 2d Penn. Reserve Volunteers.
Solomon Stearne, 1st Lieutenant, 5th Maine Volunteers.
Noah S. Thomson, Captain, 9th Indiana Battery.

Job B. Stocton, Captain, 1st Kansas Volunteers.

Henry D. Eggly, 1st Lieutenant, 75th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Kin. S. Dysart, Captain, Brady S. S., attached to 16th Mich. Vols.
John J. Garbutt, Captain, 95th New York Volunteers.
'Augustus P. McGraw, Captain, 95th New York Vols., Company I.
William F. Bailey, Captain, 95th New York Vols., Company K.
James R. McQuick, Captain, 95th New York Vols., Company C.
Isaiah W. Kimball, Captain, 4th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps.
James K. Bigelow, Assistant Surgeon, 6th Missouri Cavalry.
H. G. Thomas, Captain, 2d Kentucky Vols., not found on rolls.
Joseph Fannan, Lieutenant, 2d Kentucky Volunteers.
G. S. Coyle, Lieutenant, 2d Kentucky Vols., not found on rolls.
Charles Carrion, Lieut. and Quartermaster, 2d Kentucky Vols.
George Ingalls, Lieutenant, 17th New York Volunteers.
Emory Purdy, Captain, 10th New York Cavalry.
David F. Foley, Captain, 95th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
C. C. Herres, Captain, 14th New York Volunteers.

De Los Walker, Captain, 147th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

James B. Conley, 2d Lieutenant, 137th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
R. B. McClelland, 1st Lieutenant, 137th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Emerson F. Giles, Captain, 7th Wisconsin, Company D.
Hollon Richardson, Captain, 7th Wisconsin Company A.

Christopher C. Lefler, 2d Lieutenant, 7th Wisconsin, Company I.
Samuel B. Morse, 2d Lieutenant, 7th Wisconsin, Company K.

William Hadel, 2d Lieutenant, 5th Maryland Volunteers.

Christian Bitters, Captain, 5th Maryland Volunteers.

Nicholas Ganster, Captain, 5th Maryland Volunteers.

Edwin C. Kirkwood, Lieutenant, 5th Maryland Volunteers.

William R. Carlen, 2d Lieutenant, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers.
Edward Rossler, Captain, 54th Illinois Volunteers.

G. A. Hevroy, 1st Lieutenant, 116th Pennsylvania Volunteers, not borne on rolls.

William Dross, Captain, 45th New York Volunteers.
Philip Hofner, Chaplain, 45th New York Volunteers.
Dudley A. Kimball, 1st Lieutenant, 103d Ohio Volunteers.
Francis Covert, 2d Lieutenant, 59th New York Volunteers.

William Benson, Captain, 69th New York Volunteers.

rolls.

Penhoel, Lieutenant, 103d New York Volunteers, not found on

Charles Moehring, Captain, 52d New York Volunteers.

Paul Riechat, Captain, 52d New York Volunteers.

John Kisler, Captain, 20th Indiana Volunteers.

Tul C. Crutchmar, Lieutenant Colonel, 103d New York Volunteers.
William M. Gwynne, 1st Lieutenant, 66th Ohio Volunteers.

John Brady, 1st Lieutenant, 38th New York Volunteers.
Thomas S. Hamblin, 1st Lieutenant, 38th New York Volunteers.
Alonzo M. Shute, 1st Lieutenant, 22d Massachusetts Volunteers.
Jurden McKay, 2d Lieutenant, 22d Massachusetts Volunteers.
H. M. House, Adjutant, 107th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Dismissed, with loss of all pay and allowances that are now or may become due. Charles Seldeneck, Captain, 46th New York Volunteers, for being absent without leave, and arrested for intoxication.

George H. Mitchell, Assistant Surgeon, 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for absenting himself without authority while awaiting sentence of Court Martial. Paul B. Bradlee, Captain, 71st New York Volunteers, for absence without leave, under circumstances indicating cowardice.

Joseph W. Bell, Colonel, 13th Illinois Cavalry, for deserting his command. Clayton Puddleton, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Virginia Artillery, for not reporting for duty since muster.

Charles Roesohor, Captain, 112th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for desertion while undergoing trial by Court Martial.

David C. Smith, 1st Lieutenant, 105th New York Volunteers, neglect of duty and absence without authority.

J. Early, Lieutenant, 3d Kentucky Volunteers, not found on rolls, for absence without leave and intemperance.

John J. Hooker, 1st Lieutenant, 39th Ohio Volunteers, for being taken prisoner at his own desire.

John Kendall, 1st Lieutenant, 7th Kansas Cavalry, for intemperance, inefficiency, and absence without leave.

C. Murphy, Captain, 5th Ohio Volunteers, not found on rolls, for absence without leave, and speaking in an improper manner of the war and President. Walter II. Judson, 2d Lieutenant, 13th Massachusetts Volunteers, for absence without leave.

Dismissed the service.

Elijah L. Smith, 1st Lieutenant, 2d District of Columbia Volunteers, for causing dissatisfaction among the men of his command.

Adalbert W. Marozorviez, Captain, 9th New York Battery, for fetaining government horses for his private use.

Thomas Sullivan, Lieutenant, 16th New Hampshire Volunteers, for insulting and attempting personal violence upon a woman while his command was on the march.

R. H. Kerr, 2d Lieutenant, 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company G, for intemperance and carelessness in discharge of duty.

Howard Y. Marshall, Captain, 11th Connecticut Vols., Company H, for resigning in a manner disrespectful to his commanding officer.

Lewis O., Saylor, 2d Lieutenant, 107th New York Vols., Company H, for being captured when across the Potomac contrary to orders.

Silas F. Rigby, Captain, Indiana Independent Battery, for intemperance. William H. Carroll, 1st Lieutenant, Indiana Independent Battery, for intemperance.

Matthew E. Jackson, 2d Lieutenant, Indiana, Independent Battery, for intemperance.

J. J. McGowan, Surgeon, 25th Excelsior Brigade, (not found on 25th New York Volunteers, or any Regiment of the Excelsior Brigade-no such Regiment;) for intemperance and neglect of duty.

Charles L. Hosford, Captain, 11th Connecticut Vols., Company D, for tendering his resignation in a manner disrespectful to his commanding officer. John N. Brown, 1st Lieutenant, 2d New York Cavalry, for cowardice. Adolphus Patze, Surgeon, 4th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, for incompetency. Frank A. Hardy, 2d Lieutenant, 94th Ohio Volunteers, for absenting himself from his command without leave during a retreat.

Peter W. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel, 40th Ohio Volunteers, represented by the officers of the Regiment as troublesome.

J. McKay, 2d Lieutenant, 22d Massachusetts Volunteers, not found on rolls, for tendering his resignation in a manner disrespectful to his superior officers. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders, }

No. 196.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 25, 1362.

By direction of the President the following officers are dismissed the service of the United States:

Major D. Henry Burtnete, Additional Aide-de-Camp, for absence without leave, breach of arrest, and other conduct unworthy an officer; to take effect October 19, 1862.

Captain P. H. Breslin, 18th Infantry, for drunkenness.

First Lieutenant T. W. Burton, 2d Cavalry, for misconduct.

First Lieutenant S. L. Carpenter, 17th Infantry, for desertion and embezzlement of public funds.

Second Lieutenant John C. Long, 9th Infantry, for disobedience of orders.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 197.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, Dec. 2, 1862.

I.-Paragraph II. of "General Orders," No. 136, dated September 22, 1862, which dismisses Captain Benjamin P. Walker, Commissary of Subsistence, Volunteer service, is hereby revoked.

II. By direction of the President, Second Lieutenant Henry Gordon, 4th U. S. Cavalry, is hereby dismissed the Service for drunkenness.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General

General Orders, }

No. 198.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, Dec. 3, 1862. I.-Mustering and Disbursing Officers are prohibited from paying any accounts for expenses incurred in collecting, drilling and organizing volunteers, prior to July 1, 1862, unless such accounts shall have been audited and ordered to be paid by the War Department.

II. The intent of paragraph II. of General Order, No. 162, current series, has, in some instances, been misunderstood. It is not intended to forbid the payment of bounty, premium, and advance pay to recruits for the old volunteer regiments, viz: those organized prior to July 1, 1862; or to forbid the payment of bounty, premium, or advance pay to a recruit, volunteer, or citizen who may enlist in the Regular Army, unless said recruit has received said payment before; the object being to avoid paying the same individual twice.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,}

No.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, Dec. 4, 1862. I.-Colonel John H. McHenry, jr., 17th Kentucky Volunteers, having issued an order, dated October 27, 1862, to his regiment, which order is in violation of the Additional Article of War, approved March 13, 1862, is, by direction of the President, hereby dismissed the Service of the United States.

IL-By direction of the President, 2d Lieutenant Curwen B. McLellan, 7th U. S. Cavalry, is dismissed the service of the United States for absence without leave, and being in the city of Washington without authority, in violation of" General Orders," No. 114, of 1862.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders, }

No. 200.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, Dec. 6, 1862.

It is known that many officers are absent from their commands without authority, upon one pretext or another. It is the intention of the Department to dismiss without honor and without pay, all such officers. They are hereby commanded to return withut delay to duty upon pain of having their disgraceful discharge published in newspapers, as well as in General Orders.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL HALLECK:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 201.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, December 8, 1862.

In making out accounts for expenditures connected with the drafting and organization of the militia in the several States under the act of Congress, approved July 17, 1862, the following rules will be observed:

1. The accounts and vouchers must be in duplicate and receipted, and must

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